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bawl definition

bawl (bôl)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

  1. to shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
  2. to weep and wail loudly

Etymology: ME baulen (found only in ger.) < ML baulare, to bark & ? ON baula, to low like a cow; both of echoic orig.

noun

  1. an outcry; bellow
  2. a noisy weeping

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bawl Idioms

bawl out

  1. to shout or call out
  2. ☆ Slang to scold angrily

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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